Funeral services for Charles “Gene” Jenkins, 85, of Buford, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 4, in the chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home with the Rev. Steve McCullough officiating.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 4.

Mr. Jenkins died Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013.

He was born Sept. 13, 1928, in Clarkesville.

Mr. Jenkins was a 1946 graduate of Fulton High School in Atlanta. He was retired from General Motors Assembly Plant in Doraville, and a member of UAW Local 10.

He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Edith Gordon Jenkins of Dawsonville; sons and daughters-in-law, Wayne and Debbie Jenkins of Buford, and Daniel and Denise Jenkins of Buford; daughter, Hawa Liberty of Lawrenceville; grandchildren, Jennifer Jenkins, Shelley and Keith Randall, Carey Jenkins and Stephen Jenkins; great-grandson, Noah Randall; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society in memory of Gene Jenkins.